Visual discrimination by the honeybee (Apis mellifera): The position of the common centre as the cue

Horridge, George Adrian

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Visual discrimination by the honeybee (Apis mellifera): The position of the common centre as the cue

Date

2003

Authors

Horridge, George Adrian

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Bees can be trained to discriminate between a target with a 20° spot above a 10° spot of the same colour, and another target with the spots exchanged in position. Tests show that they do not remember the separate positions of spots of the same colour (i